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The market's attention is firmly on the Q2 earnings calendar. BAC reports Monday. JNJ, ELV, and BNY follow Tuesday. Wednesday is the biggest day. NFLX reports after the close. UNH and GE call analysts that morning…
A heavyweight lineup of Q2 results arrives from today through Wednesday, with financials and healthcare leading the charge. Tomorrow — Thursday, July 10, recruitment firm HAS kicks off the week with its Q4 update early…
A broad wave of target price upgrades swept across the transport sector today. Analysts raised price targets on UPS, J.B. Hunt, Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and CSX in a coordinated sector reassessment. UPS…
Insiders at three US companies filed significant sell transactions this week, with Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson topping the list. Dickerson filed $55.5M in total sales on July 1. He sold 78,291 shares across…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. CoreWeave saw the biggest move among large-cap names. Its SI % of Free Float jumped to 33.7% — up 5.3 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are clearly skeptical of the…
Q2 earnings season opens this week with a heavy financial sector slate. Bank of America reports Tuesday before the bell. Johnson & Johnson and Elevance Health follow Wednesday. UnitedHealth Group closes the week…
Options activity is heating up ahead of a packed earnings week. Big banks and healthcare names dominate the agenda, drawing heavy positioning across derivatives markets. UNH is one of the most-watched names this week.…
Q2 earnings season kicks into gear this week. Banks, insurers, and healthcare giants all report between Tuesday and Thursday. Bank of America opens Tuesday's session with Q2 results before the bell. Bank of New York…
AMAT got the biggest target price swing of the day. TD Cowen's Krish Sankar raised his target to $700 from $525 — a 33% jump. The Buy rating held firm. Applied Materials carries a $453 billion market cap. The move…
Two US tech giants saw a wave of insider selling this month. The filings make for notable reading. At DELL, Silver Lake Group has been offloading shares relentlessly. The investment firm, a 10% owner with a board seat,…
Short sellers ramped up positions in several notable names this week. Marqeta saw the biggest jump. Its SI % of Free Float leapt from 3.95% to 14.47% in just seven days — a 10.5 percentage point spike. CoreWeave, the…
US weekly jobless claims came in at 215,000, dipping modestly from the prior week. The labour market remains healthy. That backdrop sets the stage for next week's Q2 earnings rush, with Bank of America, Johnson &…
Options markets are buzzing around a handful of names today. Each carries a distinct catalyst driving directional bets. Chips in the spotlight. MU headlines the semiconductor conversation. Micron is up 700% and is…
A busy week of Q2 earnings kicks off today, with major US financials and healthcare giants all due to report before Friday. Bank of America opens the week on Monday, July 14, reporting Q2 results before the US market…
Analysts issued a pair of notable downgrades Wednesday. Both TSCO and PNR saw their consensus ratings cut, standing apart from a session dominated by target price increases. Tractor Supply downgraded. The $16B farm and…
Insider filings this week reveal a wave of selling across US equities, with a standout cluster at ATLC and persistent liquidation at TTAN. Atlanticus in the spotlight. Five insiders at Atlanticus Holdings filed sales…
Alight is the week's most striking short squeeze candidate. ALIT's short interest shot to 134% of free float — up from just 7% seven days ago. That is a massive leap. Cost to borrow stays low at 0.56%, so bears are not…
PEP kicked off Q2 2026 earnings season today before the bell. Markets are watching closely. The S&P 500's opening direction hinges partly on the PepsiCo print. DAL reports tomorrow. BAC and JNJ follow next week. The…
Options and short-selling signals are flashing red on several names today. Short interest and deal risk are driving unusual hedging activity across the market. CHWY is the standout bear trade. Short interest sits at…
Analysts delivered a split verdict across sectors on Wednesday, with clean energy gaining ground while tech and entertainment faced target cuts. First Solar was the standout winner. Analysts raised its consensus target…
